John – Longbottom – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Corporal – 24/08/1918
Title
John – Longbottom – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Corporal – 24/08/1918
Initials / forenames
John
Surname
Longbottom
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Suffolk Regiment [Royal Sussex Regiment, 7th Battalion]
Military rank
Lance Corporal
Military number
11256
Railway department
Norwich, Div Comm Supt
Railway job
Clerk
Date died
24/08/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway staff magazine: 1919/p 36
Memorial
Meaulte Military Cemetery
Notes
Age 26, joined GER Wakefield 21 Sept 1907, enlisted Feb 1916, killed in action. Son of Thomas and Ellen Longbottom of 8 Stafford Terrace, Alverthorpe Road, Wakefield.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919
Citation
“John – Longbottom – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Corporal – 24/08/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/51212.